The future of work is made up

You’re having lunch with your coworker, who flew in from out of town. While your coworker used to be very busy, their schedule at the moment was wide open. When you ask them about your new boss, they tell you their boss just seems to hide off in a conference room. The two have met less and less often recently. Your coworker eats lunch at a leisurely pace, while your stomach churns as you barely finish your sandwich and hurry off to the next meeting. You feel envious. A week later, you see the news that your coworker was laid off. The saying goes, “The reward for good work is more work.” And the punishment for bad work is no more work. One form of job security involves making sure you have work. This is true when you’re working as an employee, and doubly so when you’re working with a client as an independent consultant, freelancer, or agency. Here’s the secret, though: a lot of white collar work is made up. Maybe even all of it. Amidst the AI boom, the future of white collar work will…